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Rescue team hit by foot and mouth


A VOLUNTEER moun­ tain rescue team has become the latest victim of the foot and mouth


epidemic. Bowland Pennine Moun­


ctis


olated read about the


ences. However, I believe that one


ases of child [ abuse reported n the national appear to be iso-


ildren die each is country, main- mds of their par-


srs.horrifying statis- e we hope to tack- > help of the Chil- nifesto. Produced >PCC, Barnardos 1 Poverty Action iis document sets


, cel fund-raising courses for j1. youth groups, local organi- t. sations and companies. I, Smelt Mill, their centre


tain Rescue team, which operates in the Trough of Bowland and the West Pen­ nine Moors, has had to can-


_ in the Trough of Bowland, . has been closed since the


I, start of the crisis. ^ To overcome cashflow


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D ea th ch ea ts former prisoner o f war from a tten d in g a final Crete ret“wm


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WHALLEY-RAISED prisoner-of-war Mr Bill Helm has died, just four weeks before he was due to travel to Crete for the final reunion of the old sol­ diers who fought during


the war on the Mediterranean island.^ . Most of his large fami­ ly of five children, 12


_ problems, members have organised a major fund­ raising effort called "Around


grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren


.. the World in 80 Days". _ .. During 80 days in April, _ May and June they are i. looking to get people to ? organise events on the


i: theme. ,. For instance, the rescue


•print for govern- hildren's issues, harities are asking


imentary candi- jampaign for fiye neasures that will Iren. These are: •ndent children's oners to be power- ipions for all chil- the United King-


rstematic review of deaths to prevent dying from abuse


minimum income


■y for all families to he health and well- their children;


■ be leaving Preston. . A team of climbers will c achieve Everest's 29,000 feet


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- team plans to climb Everest on May 19th.; But it will not


li by climbing West View Leisure Centre's 10-metre


- each year to operate. Last year it responded to more than 70 emergencies,


climbing wall. The team needs £15,UUU


■'/ ranging from helping walk- ■ji ers lost in poor weather, to r assisting police and ambu­ lance services with location o and treatment of injured


° members of the public. .1 • ■ .


>endent counselling


is in all schools to i emotional support hildrenwhoneedit;


right to an advocate old the interests of sin care. le run up to the Gen- ection, please can we ididates if they will r t these measures, dl, MPs should repre- reryone in their con- ncy, including chil-


C. BROWN, lands Drive, ley.


j. DalesRail is r back for the summer


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i; THE popular DalesRail service has returned, thanks to a partnership between First North Western, Lan-


" Discounted fares, guided blers.


L cashire County Council and the Lancashire Rail Ram­


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i minority of alley make the f and, at times,


'! ‘ between May 20th and Sep- tember 23rd, the two ser-


between Blackpool North and Carlisle, stopping at Clitheroe, on Sundays May 6th, May 20th, then until October 21st. In addition, a Preston to Carlisle service ‘ will operate on Sundays


town walks and bus links can be enjoyed by users. DalesRail is to operate


ace to live? [own the street can expect to a massive


• 'vices giving passengers a choice of outward and


log dirt, which


s return services. ° Due to the foot and o mouth outbreak, guided town walks, incorporating


seto pick up. In nV; this, isj, just nee on the own-


er in the village, le use them? No, children alike


now more litter


iscard their rub- floor and think,


r problem, linion, the state hs.and roads in is a disgrace and


l urgent need of seem to pay more


council (ax with s actually getting


•oblems easiiy vis- - : village concern a road sweeper to


ins never seem to [ed and this can. se serious problems f heavy rainfall, ism is becoming an


s up; maybe once makes a token


r part of living in ;e; obscene graffiti ’ often impossible ies to walk around arts of the village, i has also been a reduction in the of police officers in ,ge today. How can ect to maintain standards of behav- >n there is no one at legally enforce it?


nt lie on igration


I answer the bla- dw being peddled politicians and


our media that i akes in fewer new


ts than most other


i countries? c ' figures show that arway (4.3: new


its per 1,000 inhab- md Ireland (5.0) aore than the U.K. ance takes the least


cal correctness is


•ee-speech by grad­ ation. , Our welfare iems'to have'gone


al. Some farmers' have plummeted by )%.: Pensioners are out for means test- le Mr and Mrs Blair lily allowances: tax fe are told"British- luals racism" and


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planned to join him in Crete for the reunion. They intend to go


| through with the trip in his memory.


Charter Brook, Princess Street, Great Harwood, died at his home at the age


Mr Helm, who lived in . . of 81.


Secretary of the local branch of the Crete Veter­


, , , , ans' Association, Mr Helm


had played a major part in arranging the forthcoming reunion, which will be attended by the Duke of


Kent.


I t will be the very last reunion because time has


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taken its toll, and each year there were fewer survivors. . Mr Helm, a respected and well-liked character in


East Lancashire, was born in Churchtown, near Garstang. He grew up in Whalley, but was brought up by a sister, after being orphaned in his early teens. a He was an altar boy and


a teoffpr call-un he served with the Royal Artillery in France and Belgium, and was one of the thousands of troops


p evacuated Dunkirk.


Africa and was captured by the Germans in Crete in


He served in North


from .


May, 1941, posted missing in action and held in what


became East Germany. While he was a prisoner,


his life was under serious threat through illness, but he survived both tuberculo­ sis and pneumonia. After the war he became


chorister at St Mary's and


All Saints Church, Whalley, where the funeral is to be held today (April 19th).


school, Mr Helm became a slaughterman at Whalley


After leaving Whalley Co-op.


Before the war, he joined Clitheroe Territorials and


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Valley way in heart


attack response the'clock to help anyone who c o l l^ j s


heart attack. Three 14-strong teams


of volunteers will be trained up as "First


Responders". Each team will be in


bleeper and radio contact with ambulance control to


be able to respond within minutes to collapse cases


anywhere in the town. Each team will be equipped with a portable


defibrillator machine. . Mr Mark Lewis, an ambulance technician, based in Preston, but who


lives in Dean Meadows, Clitheroe, has volunteered to spearhead the Clitheroe teams, who will operate under the Heart of Lan­


treat heart attack victims. • The theory is that a First


Responder team will be able to get to collapse cases within minutes. They can give vital treat­


ment and then hand the patient over to an ambu-


^ "The first hour is impor­ tant to recovery" said Mr


Lewis.


cashire appeal. The appeal is raising the


!U town trails(;are.replacing "•'Se usual guided walk pro- i: gramme. The guided walk programme will resume once the crisis is over.


’'01200 429832.


The two-pronged initia­ tive, is.prompted :by. figures which show 50 people have a heart attack each week in Lancashire.


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nee «ie crisis Details are available from


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sessions have been arranged in Clitheroe: Monday, Apri 23rd, 7-30 p.m.,Council.. Chamber; Tuesday, April 24th, 2 p.m. British Red Cross Centre, Back King Street; and Wednesday, April 25th, 5 p.m., Sports Hall, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Chat-


Three two-hour training . . funds to equip and set the


teams in operation. Mr Lewis hopes to have


burn Road. To reserve a place for the


his scheme up and running within weeks.


free training, or volunteer to become a First Responder,


call Mr Lewis on 01200 . T -T^rashire Appeal are be trained to recognise and I16LM.


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Tj?- ■ | IS -%L i telephone ' Han^made doors to fit exisitins carcases anysizel School’s Easter contest _ - • •. PUPILS of Moorland School,


Clitheroe, looked the bees'^ n^ when the school staged an Easter


bonnet competition. Even the boys joined in the fun. tun. Winners were


Our pictures show the four winners and all the junior school in their bonnets.


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But council officials did riot find this a particularly compelling argument since these elements "remain ancillary to and parasitic upon the primary use of the land" as a car showroom. Approval would make it


tions and reports for the meeting had been circulated


- and the one for the 1.3 acre complex just inside the park from the entrance roundabout, submitted by Bentley Ribble Valley, was recommended for refusal. The company had sent a letter saying that the work-


difficult to resist other simi- regarding precedent and the lar uses which, would De losgof employment land, against the principle ol


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It was also felt that a car ,, __ f„u tw * r— ------ — areas.


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Later he beame a shoptit- , ...


Contact census helpline if you have not received your form


IF you have not rec­ eived a census form by the end of next week, contact the telephone


helpline. That is the advice given


by members of the Ribble Valley census team who have been out and about throughout Easter, trying to visit every address and household in the Ribble and Hodder Valleys. Since April 9th, more


. .to determine local polidra on transport, housing, ed


® lnenl nolicies tor use m the regions. the central funding issued team members. to fonn after April


29th will b® ^ i ted again by _■—


than 66 people in six teams and two areas have been aiming to deliver a census


in the area. There have been addi


an aircraft fitter at Clay- ton-le-Moors, working on


the English Electric Light­ ning.


1961. He married again and became father to a fourth


Dorothy Fowler, with whom he had three sons and a daughter, died in


S°He was a keen collecter on behalf of the Royal British Legion Poppy


Appeal in Great Harwood. Our picture shows the


late Mr Bill Helm on a pre- vious visit to Crete, with Kevin, one of his grand­


sons.


form to be completed on behalf of everyone who lives


tional complications this year due to the foot and mouth outbreak. I t has made access to many rural properties impossible for the teams. Added to that, the number of barn conversions and new buildings that have been erected since the last census 10 years ago have further increased the prob­


lem. Forms are being posted . , ,


out to farms, but if you have not received one by April 27th, contact the


helpline: 0845 3012001. The information gath­


ered is confidential, but the statistics built up will help


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